Soft-drink package



Dec. 28 1926.

W. FALK, JR

SOFT DRINK PACKAGE Filed May 27, 1926 Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

WASHINGTON FALK, JR., F SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. I

SOFT-DRINK PACKAGE.

Application med may 27, 192s. serial m. 112,032.

The object of this invention is to provide a soft drink ina retail bottle accompanied by a Maraschino cherry or other-edible fruit which may be removed and placed in the drink at the time of consumption, as morefully hereinafter set fort Under present conditions, Maraschino cherries are put up in bottles in a preservative tlavoring syrup or juice, and these cherries are removed one-by-one by the user and placed in the drink. The preservative syrup is necessary in order not only to preferve the fruit in rime condition, but also to'insure its proper avor and color. Therefore, the retailer of soft drinks in vbottles must carry a stock of sepa-rate bott-les of cherries in order that the cherries may be served in prime condition at the time of consumption. It is the object of myinvention to combine the' cherry-container, with its preservative syrup, with the soft-drink bottle, so that this com-l bination drink maybe sold and served in a single, original package, the construction being such that the cherry may be readily removed from its container and laced in the drinking lglass before opening tlie bottle for pouring t e soft drink.

In the drawing annexed, Fig. 1 represents a vertical sectional view of a soft-dr1nk bottle embodying my invention in one of its forms; Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof; and Fig. 3 lis a view of a modification.

In the annexed drawing, I show two embodiments of my invention, In this drawing, Fig. 1, 1 designates the bottle, 2 the usual cap therefor, and 3 an upward bulgein the bottom of the bottle forming a cavity for the reception of the cherry 4 and the preservative syrup '5 therefor. The ,cherry- 40 pocket is sealed by a disk 6 which fits up against a downwardly-facing shoulder 7 formed in the mouth of the cavity at a distance from the under surface of the bottom of the bottle. The sealing-disk 6 is held in sealing relation to the shoulder 7 by means of a metal cap 8 screwed on external threads formed on the bottom of the bottle and having a central boss 9 which fits up into the mouth of the cherry-cavity and presses 5 4against the disk. This construction may be varied without departing from my invention, 1t being possibleto use other sealing devices so long as being also at some other point in the bottle. as, for inthey are 4readily removable and it ossible to locate the cherry-pocketstance, in one side, as shown in Fig. 3.

My inventlon insures preservatlon of thc cherry to the same degree to which it is preserved in the usual bottles in which it is stored in bulk. Should the cherry be placed -in the soft-drink receptacle, it would not only lose its color and flavor, but it would give an undesirable tint and possible flavor to the contents of the bottle. IVith my in Vention, therefore, the contents of the bottle pro er as well as the pocket or supplemental bott e are preserved in prime condition ,as

long as it is possible to preserve vsucharticles in bottles.

This enables the bottles vto be shipped and distributed just as soft drinks are now widely distributed throughout the country.

that I may combine cherry which is too the neck of the bott-1e, these bottles being, as

An advantage of my package is with the soft drink a large to pass through is well known, of standard size throughout thecountry and it. being, therefore, impractical to make lbottles having larger necks.

Also,

it will be understood that my invention may be used for bottling olive and other drinks where the fruit is too large to pass into the bottle through the neck or lit otherwise the liquid What I 1. Ano

undesirable to lace the fruit in contents of the ottle.

claim as new is:

riginal liquid package consisting of a bottle containing a liquid drink and having an inwardly-extending pocket containing an edible fruit and its preservative liquid, the bottle having a closure device and said pocket also having an independent removable sealing and closing device.

2. A bottle having an upwardly-extending pocket in vided its bottom, this pocket being prowith an annular downwardly-facing shoulder located at a distance above the bottom, a metal cap screwed on the exterior of v the bottom and having a central cup extend- 'ing up into the pocket, and a washer clampedl between the u per surfaceV of the cup and said downwar ly-facing In testimony whereo signature.

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